Hymn to a Tired Man (1968) (orig. Nihon no seishun) – Director: Masaki Kobayashi – 8/10 (excellent) The motion picture marks a shift from previous Kobayashi’s works in two principal ways: firstly, it does not feature a valiant protagonist willing to shed blood for a cause with no regard for […]
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Farewell Friend, or Adieu l’ami, the original title in French, is an odd curiosity. It was a huge international hit when it came out, starring two international icons of the ’60s and 70s, Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. Strange as over the years, the movie seldom comes up in either […]
The Bride Wore Black (La Mariée était en noir) is a 1968 crime drama by Francois Truffaut. The Story: after witnessing the love of her life murdered on her wedding day, the bride (Jeanne Moreau) overcomes her depression and vows bloody revenge. One by one she attempts to track down […]
On December 11th, Shout Factory will be releasing a 50th Anniversary Edition of the classic western HANG ‘EM HIGH. This was Clint Eastwood’s first feature after he returned from Italy where he made The Dollars Trilogy with Sergio Leone. It also marked the beginning of his career as a major […]
The visceral cinematic explosion begins as soon as the blistering, psychedelic opening credits roll in this 60s classic. Director Jack Cardiff was previously a cinematographer for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressburger and worked on the films The Red Shoes and The Black Narcissus among others. Cardiff created some of the […]
This summer the home video label Film Movement will be releasing a newly remastered 50th anniversary BluRay edition of Sergio Corbucci’s spaghetti western masterpiece THE GREAT SILENCE. What made this film different from the majority of movies in the genre was its setting: a bleak, snowy mountain range. Add to that […]
One of the overlooked action-adventure classics of the 1960s, DARK OF THE SUN will finally be getting a long overdue release on hi-definition BluRay from Warner Archive. Buy now from Amazon.com (Amazon.co.UK / Amazon.CA) I first learned of the film when it was screened at the Quentin Tarantino Film Fest […]
As if 2017 couldn’t get any grimmer, we just lost George A. Romero. Personally, it feels like I lost someone who had been one of my friends for a long time since I’ve seen his films such as the original trilogy of the Dead and The Crazies. Moreover, he’s one […]
Year of Furious Films is our newest series on FC where we’ll be choosing our favorite films from each designated year. You may notice that we won’t be going in chronological order, it’ll be more random, but that’s really part of the fun. We’ll be covering a wide array of […]
In The Swimmer Burt Lancaster plays Ned Merrill or “Neddy” to his upper crust friends in the Connecticut town where he lives. The story opens with Ned walking through the woods as wild animals scurry in different directions. The camera tracks above through the lushness of the trees as Ned […]